ngIRCd - Next Generation IRC Server http://ngircd.barton.de/ (c)2001-2017 Alexander Barton and Contributors. ngIRCd is free software and published under the terms of the GNU General Public License. -- RFC.txt -- The Internet Relay Chat (IRC) protocol is documented in these Request for Comments (RFCs), which you can get via or for example. 1459 Oikarinen, J. & D. Reed, "Internet Relay Chat Protocol", May 1993, [IRC]. 2810 Kalt, C., "Internet Relay Chat: Architecture", April 2000, [IRC-ARCH]. 2811 Kalt, C., "Internet Relay Chat: Channel Management", April 2000, [IRC-CHAN]. 2812 Kalt, C., "Internet Relay Chat: Client Protocol", April 2000, [IRC-CLIENT]. 2813 Kalt, C., "Internet Relay Chat: Server Protocol", April 2000, [IRC-SERVER]. 7194 Hartmann, R., "Default Port for Internet Relay Chat (IRC) via TLS/SSL", August 2014.